Robots make their mark @ CGH ED
While exploring CGH, I encountered a contraption called "robots". These moving machines carry out repetitive tasks that would otherwise take up hospital staff members' time. As I witnessed them roving around, their whirring presence brought to mind the image of a humming beehive, busy and productive, one which attended to patient needs efficiently.
The hospital, which already has more than 80 robots in action, debuted three new types of autonomous mobile robots in early 2023 to support the Emergency Department (ED) care team. The robots, a collaboration by a team of CGH ED nurses, pharmacists, operations staff, service ambassadors and engineers from the Centre for Healthcare Assistive and Robotics Technologies (CHART), were trialled successfully over five months in the same year.